MARA Converts Bitcoin Mines Into AI Data Centers

MARA Holdings and Starwood Capital on February 26 announced a partnership to convert MARA’s Bitcoin mining facilities into AI-optimized data centers, offering roughly 1 gigawatt of immediate IT capacity with plans to scale to over 2.5 gigawatts. The joint venture will allow facilities to shift workloads between Bitcoin hashing and AI compute, aiming to monetize excess energy and diversify revenue amid MARA’s recent financial losses.